Chapter 382 Participating in the Battle in Person
In the first two days of the attack, Lin Wen's advancement in Panwa County was very smooth.
The enemy quickly withdrew their defenses and almost fled at the sight of the enemy.
Whether it was Fang Dashan, Wang Zhengwu, He Shangsheng and others, they all believed that this would be another crushing victory like the previous ones.
Even the headquarters is filled with this kind of thinking. The invincible County Chief Lin will lead everyone to the next victory.
Although Qin Luoshuang had some different opinions, in order to avoid being labeled a capitulator, she did not object and remained silent.
In two days, two of the four towns in Panwa County were captured, and the occupied area expanded by more than 20,000 square kilometers.
Yun Qingshui led the cadres to quickly take over the work here, began to clean up the remnants of Shizhou, organize the people, and restore order.
Two days later, she personally came to the front line and found Lin Wen, asking him to move forward as quickly as possible and bring all the escaped demons to justice.
Lin Wen asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Yun Qingshui angrily told Lin Wen, "During this time, the thing I've been doing most is collecting bodies. Collecting bodies constantly. There are bodies everywhere, so many that it's terrifying, so many that it's unbelievable. The farmers who organized the body collection cried as they did so. Each of them had a relative who was killed here, but the bodies were so rotten that they couldn't be identified. So they had to pile them up and bury them, and then erect a simple monument to commemorate the victims."
"Most of the murderers who committed the tragedy have already escaped. I really cannot accept this. Brother Lin, please stop them and give justice to the victims."
Lin Wen had been here before and knew that what she said was not an exaggeration, and was even far from it.
But Lin Wen still had some worries in his heart. The consumption of the inquiry spell was much higher than before. Even after two days of observation, the consumption did not drop much, and it still seemed that he could not bear it.
We can only know their location, tell the headquarters, and let the staff make the battle plan.
"It shouldn't be a problem."
Lin Wen thought.
"Knowing the enemy's location information, there's no way they'll be ambushed. I can also use Clairvoyance for reconnaissance. My condition is very good, and my attack spells have been restored. Although the cost is a bit high, it's only the original price."
Not only that, Lin Wen now has a few more cards up his sleeve.
This is the result of his research during this period - the [Spirit of the Five Elements], which he used to think was of little use except for bringing the [Skill of Controlling Objects], is actually a very powerful magical power.
The five spells it gave were very powerful, but they had been affected by a curse and could not launch any offensive means, which made them useless.
Now that the curse has been weakened and can no longer restrict Lin Wen's means of attack, these five spells have demonstrated their original power.
Although the consumption is very high, it is a good trump card to use.
In addition, Lin Wen also prepared a lot of methods, such as hand-thrown bombs.
With only [Nine Oxen and Two Tigers' Strength], he can drop a bomb three kilometers away.
With the help of [Nine Oxen and Two Tigers' Strength] and [Qi Forbidden Divine Power], the distance increased to five kilometers.
If you use [Swiftness of the Clever Cat] at the same time, the landing point will be quite accurate.
But it’s a bit of a pity that the power of the spell seems to be different from the state of human muscle strength.
With the support of [Nine Oxen and Two Tigers Strength] alone, he can use his skills to lift a sledgehammer weighing nearly a hundred tons.
But the force of the punch was less than 30 tons, only as strong as 30 Tysons.
The same goes for throwing. Even with the combined strength, it can only be thrown five kilometers away, which is only a few hundred times that of a shot putter.
However, although it does not have as long a range as a cannon, the Lin Wen will not overheat, has no cooldown, has a fast firing rate and accurate landing.
It is equivalent to a super cannon that is ahead of its time.
This is how he bombed Shizhou’s army into collapse and surrender during the previous battle at Dadunbao.
"That should be fine."
Lin Wen thought.
"Maybe the enemy is very strong, resulting in a high spell consumption, but at least I know the location, so I will definitely not be attacked and wiped out."
So, Yun Qingshui's request was approved and Lin Wen conveyed it to the headquarters.
The headquarters responded quickly and made a plan to "sweep Panwa County faster", ordering four military leaders to advance quickly and try to intercept the enemy in Panwa County and prevent them from running into the larger Chuanluo County.
The main force led by Fang Dashan and Wang Zhengwu quickly wiped out the bandits rampant in Panwa County and assisted Yun Qingshui in establishing a peasant organization.
After receiving the order, the four military leaders Guan Jurang, Yu Bozheng, Xie Qizhen and Fu Yixiu were overjoyed. They thought that the opportunity to make meritorious service had come, and immediately urged the troops to march quickly.
Since joining Changshan County, they have thoroughly felt the strength of Changshan County. Even a guy like Xu Chaogong, who used to be like an ant in his eyes, now has nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command.
This made them feel a sense of crisis. Yu Bozheng and others believed that they had to make achievements as soon as possible in order to consolidate their position.
So, the four armies advanced rapidly in four directions, intending to intercept the fleeing enemy within Panwa County.
Yu Bozheng was very lucky. He chose the right direction and could have blocked the fleeing group of nearly 10,000 bullies. However, the pursuing troops were blocked in the Tiancangjing Plain.
The enemy, who should have fled at the sight of the enemy, did not flee this time, but instead gathered on the Tiancangjing Plain.
The Tiancangjing Plain is an important passage dividing Panwa County and Chuanluo County. It is 30 kilometers wide and 70 kilometers long, with steep mountains on both sides. There is no way to go around it except to go through it head-on.
The other side had a total of more than 40,000 people and had a large number of temporary positions consisting of tanks, artillery, and machine guns.
Yu Bozheng's pursuit troops rushed forward, but were defeated by the enemy's crossfire.
Afterwards, Yu Bozheng's large force arrived. After observing the enemy's position, he thought there was nothing to fear, so he concentrated all the howitzers in the army, bombarded the enemy fiercely, and ordered the army to launch a charge under the cover of firepower, intending to break through the enemy's position in one fell swoop.
This is his usual method, and the theory is taken from "Suppression" by the famous military expert Suwo.
It believes that attacking under fire is the best means, and fire suppression is the best bulletproof vest for soldiers.
Yu Bozheng did win many victories with this trick.
But this time he saw an exception. The enemy did not fall into chaos under the artillery attack. Their formation remained strict and precise. The crossfire network composed of howitzers and light and heavy machine guns did not suffer any damage. The charging soldiers were killed all over the ground.
After the charge failed, the enemy launched a counterattack with firepower. The enemy's artillery was far more accurate than ours, and the artillery positions were blown to pieces. The enemy took advantage of the cover of artillery fire and rushed up.
Yu Bozheng's entire army was defeated and was completely defeated in the head-on confrontation. Fortunately, the enemy only chased them for one kilometer before retreating, otherwise the losses would have been much greater.
So, just like that, Changshan County suffered its first defeat since attacking Shizhou.
Yu Bo's direct troops, which he had gathered with great difficulty, lost one third of them in one battle.
The regular army of the imperial region demonstrated combat capabilities that were completely different from those of the local Shizhou army.
When the news reached the headquarters, it caused a great shock.
Qin Luoshuang immediately concluded that this was a general under her father's command, and the Supreme Council would definitely allow the Qin Group to participate in the war.
The retreat in the past few days must be their reorganization of the troops, trading space for time.
Now reorganized, they immediately launched a counterattack.
Knowing the combat effectiveness of the Empire's regular army very well, she immediately suggested suspending the mopping-up operation and concentrating an absolutely superior force to wipe it out.
But the mainstream opinion in the headquarters was completely opposite to hers. Most staff officers and generals believed that the combat effectiveness of Yu Bozheng's troops was too weak, and that they could defeat that army by simply transferring Xie Qizhen's troops to cooperate with Yu Bozheng.
——Even though it is the regular army of the Qin Group, it only has 50,000 people.
At Qin Luoshuang's insistence, the headquarters finally decided to mobilize the four army commanders to attack together, but many people were dissatisfied with this, thinking that the chief of staff was making a big fuss about nothing.
Despite this, Qin Luoshuang was still very worried, so she called Lin Wen again and explained to him in detail the differences between the regular armies in the region, hoping that he could come up with a tactical strategy as incredible as before.
But this time, Lin Wen didn't arrange a bunch of inexplicable actions, and said confidently, "This is part of the plan."
He just said, "I'll go over and take a look."
Qin Luoshuang was slightly disappointed, but still placed her hopes on Lin Wen's incredible methods. She said, "Okay, you...be careful."
Hang up the phone.
Lin Wen felt that this time might be a little different.
He just asked [Xianrenzhilu] how to defeat them at a lower cost.
After consuming 110% of the spirit, the answer was:
Participate in the battle personally
(End of this chapter)
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